Mahnmut Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Aloha, here is the best of my collection. Since I moved together with my girlfriend, only the small and nice samples are on display, one showcase out of three. Looking forward to the day when we will have some more space. So it is a crowded mix of fossils, minerals, recent beachfinds and mosty selfmade or altered skeleton models. Sadly, only a small percentage of my fossils is selffound, although nearly all of the beach stuff is. There is the "poultry showcase", dedicated to Birds and pterosaurs (Parrot skull is a replica of course, as is the Pterosaur plate regrettably) The big showcase is a composite image because I could not get all into one foto. The whales you may know from the Palaeorecreation thread. Best Regards, J 12 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Some really super models. And a lot of Terry Pratchett too! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Nice display! I think the models really enhance it. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 You just need to tell your girl to move some of her stuff out to make more room for yours! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Nice collection!! Looks like the weight of those fossils are testing the shelves. Hopefully it is an optical illusion!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 You can have an enjoyable fossil hunt right in your own room. Your shelves are packed as tightly as mine, but your wonderful models make yours much more attractive. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Thanks to all of you! Yes, like the finest of the collection, Pratchett hat to move in with us. I will tell my fiancee that Caldigger said I need even more space, I expect she will understand (as she already does). Although the image is a slightly distorted photoshop-composite of the different shelves, they do indeed sag a little bit. The really enyoyable fossilhunt will take place on the glorious day when I can unpack all the crates from the basement into a new home, that is indeed something I am looking forward to. Cheers, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Hello together, I received a package containing a nice Ptychodus polygyrus Tooth today. Took this as a reason to show you my "nutcracker" collection. Bottom left: Desmostylus hesperus, Oligocene, California? Top left: I think it is also Desmostylus hesperus, juvenile or pathological tooth? Top right: Placodus gigas, Triassic Schaumkalk/Muschelkalk of Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Middle right: Igdamanosaurus, formerly known as Globidens, Cretacious north Africa Bottom midle right: Ptychodus polygyrus, Cretacious, Kent, UK Bottom right: Ptychodus whipplei, Cretacious Texas, US Best regards, J 2 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Your collection with your dinosaur sculptures/models looks striking .i love a fossil collection that is really full just like a warehouse with no space to spare. Fantastic displays thanks Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 On 20.2.2020 at 3:09 PM, Bobby Rico said: Your collection with your dinosaur sculptures/models looks striking .i love a fossil collection that is really full just like a warehouse with no space to spare. Fantastic displays thanks Bobby Thanks Bobby! I also like it like that. I often think I should bring it into some kind of order, then I realize that I would need a 5-dimensional showcase to do so (geological age, geographical origin, cladistic group, shape, colour, ecological niche, habitat...) dang, thats 7 dimensions. So I keep it as a growing thing. Here is another sub-collection: some trilobites that have caught my attention recently: Top left: Relichia (mansuyi I´ve been told) arrived from china today. My first Redlichid. Below: Asaphus kowalewskii, from St. Petersburg my best real trilobit and econd Asaphid after a cute little Nileus armadillo a friend found in Sweden. Left of that what I believe to be Phacops Sp. Top right: Hollardops sp, Below that is one of my Palaeorecreation projects, Walliserops (trifurcatus?), a 3d-print I am trying to paint in a realistic manner at the moment. Middle bottom: Elrathia kingi and a fragmentary Itagnostus interstrictus, two orders in one piece. I like that. Cheers, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Taking fotos of teeth 2 : Reptiles 1) Maroccosuchus zennaroi Location:Oued Zem, Morocco Age:Eocene, Ypresian stage, 2) Crocodylia??? 3) Small Mosasaur with interesting structure I found (for sale) among more "standard" ones 4) Slender Mosasaur I found (for sale)among more "standard" ones 5) What I call "Mosasaur standard" - perhaps someone can enlighten me? 6) Nanotyrannus 7) Rebaccisaurus 8) Abelisauridae indet 9)Carcharodontoaurus LOCATION: Taouz, Errachidia province, Morocco AGE: Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian stage, 10) Zafarasaura oceanis AGE: Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian stage, (~66 Million Years) LOCATION: Oued Zem, Morocco 11) Steneosaurus, Lias Epsylon Buttenheim 12) Halisaurus premaxilla, Marocco 13) forgot the Spino Best Regards J 13 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Taking fotos of teeth 3: Mammals, some interesting examples of placental/marsupial convergence 1) Pleistocene "giant beaver", Florida? 2)Pleistocene wombat, Australia 3) two pleistocene Kangaroos 4) pleistocene camelid? Florida 5) juvenile Mastodont molar? USA 6) very juvenile tusk, Miocene, China, Chilotherium??? 7) very weathered tusk of Diprotodon 8)Hyaena carnassial, Miocene China 9) Thylacoleo carnassial, Pleistocene Australia 10) two fragmentary molars of Diprotodon 11) Rhinoceros molar, Miocene, Bosnia 12) Fragmentary carnassials from pleistocene Florida, Bobcat and Jaguar 13) One of two selffound fossil teeth, Deer? Rhein-river gravel. 14/15)Mystery tooth fragments from german lignite mine, I think maybe juvenile Proboscideans?? Best Regards J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now